Improved sofa-bedstead



i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AJ. F. C. PIOKHARDT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED soFA-sEosrEAD.

u Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,592, dated May 8,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. F. G. PIGKHARDT, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and Improved Sot'a-Bedstead; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art lo makeand use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l, Sheet No. 1, isa side view ot' my invention drawn out or adjusted for Lise as abedstead;` Fig. 2, a plan or top view ot' the same, the cap-piece beingremoved and the seat-cushion turned up in a horizontal position; Fig. 3,Sheet No. 2, a front view of the same adjusted for nseas a bedstead;Fig. 4, a detached longitudinal central section of a pillow pertainingto the same, taken in the line a; m, Fig. 5; Fig. 5, a transversevertical section of the same, taken `in the line y y, Fig. 4 5 Fig. 6, atransverse vertical section ot the device, taken in the line z z, Figs.l and 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 1

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement on asofa-bedstead for which Letters Patent were granted to me bearing date21st February, 1860.

The improvement consists in a modification of the construction of thedevice, as herein shown and described, whereby the back sur` face of thecushion, which is in an elevated position and forms the outer or rearportion of the back when the device is adjusted for use as a sofa, maybe protected by a back.-

Aboard and preserved from abrasion and wear.

This improvement also consists in a novel arrangement `ot theseatcushion, clothes-receptacle, and foot-board, as hereinafter fullyshown and described, whereby a much more convenient as well as a neaterand more ornamental piece of furniture is obtained.

A A represent the two side pieces ofV thei device, provided with feet a,and constructed in any proper or ornamental manner, and connected attheir rear by a back-board, B, and at their lower parts by a crossbar,C, to which a cushion, D, is attached by hinges b, as shown in Fig. 1,said cushion extending entirely across the space between the sidepieces, A A, and up to the top of' the rear parts of the same.

To the cushion D there is attached, by hinges c, another cushion, E,which, when the device is adjusted for use as a sofa, is in an uprightposition in front ot' cushion D, bdth cushions being secured in positionby loops a* fitted over knobs b)c on the iop of the bach-board B,

and the cushion E forming the front side of y the back of the sofa.

F represents the front part oi the sofa-bedstead, which consist-s of twoposts., c c, con` nected by a cross-bar, d, to which the outer ends ofextension-slides Gr are permanently attached. These slides, of whichthere may be three pairs, may be ttted together in the ordinary way thesaine as those ot" an exten sion-table, and the rear pair works oncleats e, secured to the inner surfaces of the side pieces, A A, asshown in Fig. 2, and when the slides Gr are shoved fully back the postsc o will be in contactwith the front ends ot' the side pieces, A A.

The seat of the device is a cushion, H, which rests on the slides Gr orthe cleats e e, and hasl a box or clothes-receptacle,1, secured to itsunder slde by hinges j', said box having` cleats g at its sides to restupon cleats h attached to the inner surfaces ofthe front pair ot'slides, G:

J is a footboard, the lower edge ot' which is secured, by hinges i, tothe cross-bar d, the foot-board extending the whole length ot' the spacebetween the posts c c. This toot-board, when the device is used as abedstead, is se cured in an upright position between the posts c c bymeans of slide-bolts jj, (see Fig. 6,) and when the device is used as asofa the footboard is turned down in an inward direction and the cushionHdrawn over it.

H represents a pillow, which is composed of heads 7c of semicircularform, connected by bars l at their lower ends, and having straps fm.attached to form an elastic or yielding sup port for the cover a. (SeeFigs. 4 and 5.)

This pillow, when the device is used as a sofa, is fitted upon the upperends of the cushions D E and underneath a cap-piece, L, which may beconstructed in any proper manner and fitted on the upper ends of theside pieces, A A, by means of pins, the holes o to receive which areclearly shown in Fig. 2.

When the device is adjusted for use as a sofa the cushions D E areraised to a vertical, or nearly vertical, position between the rearparts of the side pieces, A A, the pillow K placed upon them, andthecap-piece L placed over the pillow. The slides G are shoved back, sothat the posts c c willL be in contact with the front ends of the sidepieces,'A A, the foot-board J turned down, the seat-cushion H being overit and the receptacle I for bed-clothing underneath it.

To convert the device into a bedstead, the front part, F, is drawn out,the cushions D E, brought down to a horizontal position to rest,respectively, on the cleats c and slides G, the foot-board J raised andsecured in a vertical position between the posts c c, and seat-cushion Hadjusted over the front slides, G, the three cushions forming themattress, and the pilloT K placed at the head thereof.

By this mode of construction and arrangement several advantages areobtained.

In the first place, the cushion D is hinged to the bar C sufficientlyfar in front of the rear ends of the side pieces, A A, to admit of theback-board B being applied, which is a great protection to the cushionD, and renders the whole device much stronger and more durable than itotherwise would be.

In the second place, the arrangement of the foot-board J is animprovement, as it admits of a neat and ornamental cross-bar, d, beingused, which gives the device a far more finished appearance than whenarranged to drop down in front, as in the original patent.

In the third place, the clothes-receptacle I,

hinged to the under side of the seat-cushion H, is an improvement, as itadmits of the footboard being folded down in an inward direction and theseat-cushion adjusted over it, with the clothes-receptacle underneathit.'

This sofa-bedstead is capable of being constructed so as to serve as asingle or double bed'stead, and any number of pairs of extension-slidesG may be used, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The attaching of the cushion D by hinges Z) to a cross-bar, G, oftheside pieces, A A, in combination with the back-board O and the cushionE, attached by hinges c to D, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. The foot-boardJ, attached by hinges to a cross-bar, d, of the posts cc in such a manner as to admit of tne foot-board being folded downwardand inward to be covered by the seat-cushion when the device is used asa sofa, substantially as described.

3. The clothes-receptacle I, connected by hinges f to the under side ofthe seat-oushion H, and arranged to work or rest upon the front pair ofslides, G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The pillow K, in combination with the cushions D E and cap-piece L,arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

J. F. C. PIGKHARDT.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, ALEX. F. RoBERTs.

